Jedeo's Ascension

Long ago, when the Black Moon arrived and the demons first invaded Draak’Terra, man fled in fear. Although knights and soldiers defended their lands against the vile infestation, the common folk huddled under the protection of their city walls and wings of their angelic deities.

However, as the war raged, the Night swept a hush across the world. Vampires, witches, werewolves, and the undead tormented men from the shadows, strengthened by the alien magic of the demons.

Throughout the rural villages and towns, people finally took up arms in their own ways. Whether it was to become homegrown slayers or starting their own orders, mankind had enough.

Enter Jedeo and her younger sister Autumn, both adolescent farm girls from Dragon Realm Blight who joined a local militia named “Blightwatch”.

In Blightwatch, both Jedeo and Autumn learned to use a sword, shield, and spear. They learned formations and commands, as well as how to dress wounds. In the years to come they grew from simple farmers to battle-hardened soldiers. As fires of war burned, so did Jedeo and Autumns’ hatred for the Night, allowing their ambitions to lead the Blightwatch come into fruition.

With each demon slain and each battle won, Jedeo rose through ranks and became the champion of not only her militia, but the rest of the five dragon realms too.

The Night took notice.

And on a bleak full moon, an assassination attempt nearly took Jedeo’s life. With her throat sliced, she writhed in her own blood. Jedeo’s time on the Mortal Plane grew near. However the maiden’s force of will was stronger than her enemies’ claws.

With Autumn by her side, Jedeo stood defiant once more. No longer could she speak, but her battlecry still rallied the hearts of men through her actions instead of her voice. With her famous claymore “The Silencer” tightly gripped in her hands, she and her Blightwatch pushed on through the war’s darkest nights.

Without warning, nearly all angels vanished from the Mortal Plane. None truly know what happened, whether it was cowardice or other unworldly reasons, man was left alone to fend off the legion of the Night.

The desperate prayers of Draak’Terra were not lost on Father’s ears and despite his angels unable to assist man, the Demon Hunter would be born. The final forces of mankind pushed the demons to the edge of the planet and imprisoned them in the Northern Tip of Dragon Realm Stratus. Although the Black Moon still hung in the sky and the Night was not yet vanquished, the war came to an end.

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The remaining angels were still mysteriously locked within the heavens, unable to step forth onto the Mortal Plane. However, their power and presence still left a mark of rejoicing and hope for those who still worshiped them. The gods decided to reward their mortal followers, allowing for their champion Jedeo to ascend as an angel herself to serve in Father’s flight as a goddess of Justice and Righteousness. Jedeo had been given a choice to bring with her a company of her most loyal soldiers to also rise as her White Angels.

Jedeo looked to her sister first. Autumn had always been by her side, but her sister chose to stay behind and tell their story. And so Jedeo and her Blightwatch rose to the celestial skies as the new Red Winged goddess and her White Winged flight. Jedeo parted ways with her mighty claymore, giving it to Autumn to treasure as a memento of their sisterhood.

Autumn did not let her sister Jedeo’s legend fade into obscurity. She instead started the order of the Silent Ones, a holy organization that would continue the fight against the remaining Night. Each Silent One would be trained in combat with greatswords and each of their blades would be forged with divine magic by means of a sliver of Jedeo’s Silencer.

The swords of the Silent Ones would also be called “Silencers” in honor of their patron deity, Jedeo.

The Long Whisper Warrior Tribes

Long ago, before the forest elves were united under as a single nation, there existed the Warrior Tribes. These elven tribes were bloodthirsty, often at each other's throats in civil wars for land. However, as this was before the discovery of metal, their weapons were primitive, with stone being used for arrows and crudely created blades and wood being utilized for armor and shields.

Along came Ashire, an ancient Yikahti, who introduced the ancestral blades of his family to the Warrior Tribes as well as the techniques to use them. For this, he was given immortality. To what end he did this, no one knows, but the ninjato and the Ilrune became the choice weapons of the elves.

With the ninjato came techniques of stealth and subtlety. Quick and light, the ninjato found itself favored by assassins, thieves, and rogues among the tribes and would later become the iconic weapon of the Black Rabbit clan.

The Ilrune possessed magical properties and could efficiently channel magic through it in such a way that its power enhanced the spells being casted. Although the Silver Mages would adopt such a style, originally the Warrior Tribes mastered “blade channeling”.

With their technological evolution into their metal age, the Warrior Tribes became the preeminent force among the rest of the elves. However, the Dawnedge united the tribes into the elves of Long Whisper, effectively joining the rest of the world as a political power. No longer were the Warrior Tribes respected as a seat of influence and control and so they left Long Whisper, and their weapons the ninjato and the Ilrune vanished with them.

Notable warrior elves included the Kilid Whisperspear, Leandra Nighthunter, and Ronos Pathrunner, all of whom co-founded the Black Rabbits. Another famous warrior elf was Legion Bladeheart, who led his tribe as the most fierce swordsman of all the elves.